2.22.2019

yay! It is Friday!!!

As I type this Friday morning, and sip my coffee, 'thaw out', wake up, and get ready for my 3 mile walk in the fresh misty cool air, am grateful, yet I ponder some things..... Actually my post yesterday got my wheels turning about this farm, and what happens when the office is behind me for the weekend. When I pull in the driveway this evening, and every Friday evening, I don't think once at all about the office, my day job, or life outside of working with needy animals, enjoying a few meals with Christian, new projects for the property, and hammock naps, until Monday morning.

I had always wanted a farm, before I even knew what the work entailed... I wanted a farm because I love animals. I had faith that one day I would be on my own farm, and I never lost that faith. I even told Christian I would live on a farm one day - that was almost 20 years ago. We bought this place almost 5 years ago. I even promised Baby that she would run free on a farm of our own one day. I didn't hope we'd have a farm, I manifested it to happen through faith...You see some people hope for things, some people dream things, and some people have the faith it will happen. There is a big difference between having hope and faith. It is one of many things that can cause conflict within ourselves and other people, a divide of people who have questions, and those who hold the answers..... However, hope can be turned into faith, and each weekend when I leave the desk job behind me for a few days, and I am carrying hay bales, feed buckets, and dragging hoses to water either gardens or animals, a transition takes place. The more I am physically involved in this little slice, more becomes possible.

All things seem to fall into place when what seems like a problem arises... a fence needs to be repaired, or a deadline for planting has slightly been missed... All of a sudden my visions for what I want are clear, and I get my answers..... There is so much to come in the next year. Looking back, it has always been obstacles that actually propel me forward. A few years ago we had some issues with a neighbor creeping onto our property. It seemed like such a burden to have to get he land surveyed, put up some kind of defining property line - which is expensive, but that whole thing turned into an expansion of our land. We started clearing, we discovered areas we had never stepped foot on, and now we have a rolling park-like hillside on the back of the property along with what we call 'the pines', and a perfect dog-walking path that winds and weaves through the land....

There are unknown challenges ahead, things that we will continue to see initially as obstacles, but as the experiences of the past have taught me, obstacles just open up room for more opportunity. I feel like sometimes I ramble here - most often in the mornings with my coffee (if you could only imagine the things I work out in my head when I am walking in the dark crisp air while most are still dreaming), but hopefully you enjoy the read or you wouldn't be here....

Happy Friday, y'all. It looks like it will be another rain filled weekend in Winterville, GA, but I am determined to get some seeds in the ground, and get a little bit more accomplished in the workshop, so expect some pictures of progress either this weekend or Monday morning (I may unplug this weekend)...